resources.

In concrete terms, utilizing the framework of inter-regional communication, obtaining cooperation from Japan’s local governments and businesses, feasibility studies (FS), researches (infrastructure development promotion project) and human resources development have been implemented. So far, agreements have been concluded between the cities of Kitakyushu and Tianjin/Qingdao, and between Hyogo Prefecture and Guangdong Province.

Japan has proposed the inauguration of the “Regional 3R Forum in Asia”, in the Meeting of the Environment Ministers during the East Asia Summit held in Hanoi, Vietnam in October 2008, and has obtained approval from the other participating countries. The aim of the Asian Forum for the Promotion of 3Rs is to become a platform for inter-regional cooperation for promoting the 3Rs, through means such as the creation/implementation of pilot projects and the promotion of research cooperation, with the participation of wide-ranged related parties such as international organizations, aid agencies, research institutes and private sectors, planned to be inaugurated in 2009.

## (c) Creation of information bases/research networks regarding the 3Rs

In order for each of the Asian countries to proceed with the popularization of technologies and the creation of new systems regarding the 3Rs, and waste treatment adapted to suit domestic conditions, it is extremely important to promote the efficient accumulation/provision of knowledge and technologies regarding the 3Rs. Therefore, the Ministry of the Environment has been supporting the creation of contents for the information base “3R Knowledge Hub” established and managed under the initiatives of organizations such as the Asian Development Bank, UNEP and Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Also, support is provided for the activities toward the establishment of “Society of Solid Waste Management Experts

Table 5-1 Waste generation: sectors and countries

(Unit: thousand tons)

Country	Year	Agriculture and forestry	Mining and quarrying	Manufacturing	Energy manufacturing	Waterworks	Construction	Others	Municipal waste	Total
Canada	2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13,380	—
Mexico	2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36,090	—
USA	2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	222,860	—
Japan	2001	90,430	13,770	122,880	6,970	8,310	76,150	3,860	54,930	455,180
South Korea	2004	—	—	38,330	—	—	54,200	—	18,250	110,780
Australia	2002	—	—	9,470	—	—	13,740	—	8,900	32,380
New Zealand	1999	150	—	800	—	—	800	—	1,540	3,290
Austria	2004	—	—	—	—	1,910	28,600	18,900	4,590	54,000
Belgium	2002	1,150	120	13,650	850	200	10,490	6,300	4,750	36,360
Czech	2005	460	650	6,040	2,310	650	9,110	2,770	2,950	24,940
Denmark	2005	—	—	1,850	1,080	820	5,270	1,850	3,340	14,210
Finland	2004	860	23,820	15,710	1,570	510	20,840	100	2,370	65,790
France	2004	—	—	90,000	—	960	—	—	33,780	128,610
Germany	2004	—	50,450	53,010	—	—	187,480	—	48,430	339,370
Greece	2003	—	—	—	—	—	5,000	—	4,710	—
Hungary	2004	—	13,080	5,200	3,330	—	1,740	2,050	4,590	29,990
Iceland	2004	50	0	50	0	0	20	230	150	490
Ireland	2004	60,170	4,050	5,300	290	60	2,680	—	3,000	57,160
Italy	2004	440	900	37,780	2,800	13,550	46,460	5,530	31,150	138,620
Luxembourg	2004	—	50	730	0	130	6,980	90	310	8,300
Holland	2004	2,390	90	16,900	1,430	170	24,000	6,150	10,160	61,290
Norway	2005	160	190	3,800	40	—	1,500	2,260	1,840	9,790
Poland	2005	—	39,620	58,440	19,840	3,280	240	2,740	9,350	133,960
Portugal	2002	—	3,630	8,980	320	50	—	110	4,620	17,710
Slovakia	2004	4,490	—	8,680	—	260	1,690	—	1,400	16,590
Spain	2004	—	21,780	28,510	5,940	—	—	9,510	27,590	—
Sweden	2004	—	58,640	29,470	1,250	920	11,270	—	4,170	105,710
Switzerland	2004	—	—	1,130	—	210	11,900	—	4,910	18,140
Turkey	2004	—	—	17,500	13,890	3,240	—	—	29,740	64,350
UK	2002	540	96,390	45,000	6,180	1,390	109,000	30,320	36,120	323,430

Source: OECD